4 Types of Soil Every Gardener Should Know
Before you dig a garden, it's important to figure out what type of soil you have and then select plants (and amend your soil) ...
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6 Types of Soil—Plus, the Best Plants to Grow in Each
We'll also teach you how to amend the soil you have so you can grow the plants you want. Depending on where you live, you're likely to have one of six different types of soil: loam, clay, sandy ...
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Why soil is disappearing from farms
they found the weather and local geology had combined this organic mulch with sand and silt to form a nutrient-rich type of soil called loam. It gave Iowa one of the most fertile soils on the ...
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Soil testing
The relative proportions of all these, along with pH, determine soil type. The pH of a soil refers ... neutral is pH7 and alkaline is above seven. Loamy soil - often seen as the ultimate garden ...